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Evangelical Dentist Kept 14-Year-Old Daughter In a Cage And Molested Her Because ‘The Lord is Good’

An Indiana dentist and his wife are accused of keeping their 14-year-old Indiana girl locked in a cage every night, depriving the girl of food and water and sexually molesting her — even while she was locked in the cage, several news outlets reported.

Alan Friz, 57, and his wife Aimee Friz, 36, were arrested last week and arraigned in Dubois County Court on Thursday, according to Dubois County Free Press. Police were called to their house on a report of an out of control child, but what officers found shocked and appalled them.

“According to court documents, when executing the search warrant on the home, officers located a wooden cage containing a mattress and pan for the child to use to go to the restroom when she was kept there overnight. The cage was labeled with the child’s name,” said the Free Press.

When asked why he’d meted out such inhumane punishment on his teen daughter, the 57-year-old dentist and self-professed evangelical Christian, replied, “The Lord is good” and refused to say more.

Deputies contacted the Department of Family and Children’s Services to assess the girl, who is developmentally impaired. In interviews, she revealed that not only was she freqeuently caged as punishment, she told investigators that her father “routinely touched her breasts.”

“According to court documents,” the Free Press said, “the teen girl said the incidents began when she was 13. The allegations include incidents in which Mr. Friz entered the bathroom while the girl was showering. In another described incident, he allegedly entered her room, turned the light off and touched her breasts until some of the other children entered the room and turned the lights on.”

She also told investigators that her father sexually fondled her while she was in the cage and unable to escape, which she says she reported to her mother, who ignored the allegations.

Upon meeting with Family and Children’s Services, deputies attempted to arrest Mr. and Mrs. Friz and take the children into protective custody, only to find that Mrs. Friz had fled the residence with all of the couple’s children.

Alan Friz was taken into custody as the sheriff’s department tracked Aimee Friz’s phone to St. Louis. However, on Thursday, Mrs. Friz was spotted by officers outside the courthouse where her husband was scheduled for arraignment. Officers arrested and jailed her.

When a TV reporter asked Alan Friz for comment, he simply said, “The Lord is good.”